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Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro
The latest news and top stories on Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. In the 2022 general election, Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and on January 8 2023, Bolsonaro's supporters stormed federal government buildings, calling for a coup d'état. A subsequent investigation revealed that Bolsonaro had planned a coup with the military to keep himself in power, and in September 2025 he was convicted and sentenced to 27 years in prison.
Brazil’s Congress ⁠has overturned President ⁠Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s veto on a bill ​sharply reducing former president Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence. Photo: AFP
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Brazil’s Congress forces early release for jailed Bolsonaro in blow to Lula

Lawmakers override presidential veto to reduce 27-year sentence, signalling a shift in power five months before elections.

United States

Former Brazil spy chief arrested by ICE in Florida

Brazil

Brazil court grants house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro due to ill health

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro in ICU with pneumonia

The ex-president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup, was moved from prison to a hospital in Brasilia.

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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a rally in Sao Paulo in June 2025. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Supporters of ex-president Bolsonaro rally across Brazil against Lula

Protesters in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia voiced their opposition to the current president, who faces a tough re-election bid.

Brazil

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sent to prison with roomier cell, more perks

Ex-president moved to a detention complex five times the size of his current room, with a kitchen and a private outdoor area.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Lula vetoes law cutting Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail sentence

Congress has the last word, however, and can in turn reject the president’s veto.

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Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) vetoed a bill to reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s coup sentence on the third anniversary of the January 8 insurrection. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro has brain injury after falling and hitting head in prison

The ex-president had a ‘crisis’ while sleeping in his cell, his wife said in a social media post.

Americas and the Caribbean

Bolsonaro’s house arrest bid fails, as Brazil court rejects health claims

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected the former president’s request, citing no health decline, so the ex-leader remains in prison.

Brazil

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has surgery to treat hiccups, wife says

Bolsonaro, 70, had been hospitalised on Wednesday for hernia surgery. In September, he was jailed for 27 years for ‍plotting a coup.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro backs son’s presidential bid, undergoes hernia surgery

The former president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, was allowed to leave prison for the operation.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star hospital in Brasilia on September 14. Photo: AFP
China-Latin America relations

Brazil weighs visa-free entry for Chinese tourists and business travellers

Brazil saw nearly 80 per cent growth in Chinese tourists in 2024 and would join only two neighbours offering visa-free entry.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Lula vows to veto bill slashing Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term

The proposed law could see the ex-president spend just over two years behind bars for an attempted coup.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Congress passes bill to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence

If successful, the legislation could see Brazil’s former president serve a little over two years in prison for coup plot.

The bill provoked protests in cities across Brazil on Sunday. Photo: AFP
United States

Opinion | For Trump, the only communists to really dislike are those at home

The limited discussion of China in the new US national security document indicates that the US president’s focus is on domestic challenges to his authority.

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Photo: Reuters
Brazil

Bolsonaro’s son says he could drop his Brazil presidency bid ‘for a price’

Flavio Bolsonaro’s announcement comes as his allies push for amnesty for his father, the jailed former president.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

Top court closes the case against Brazil’s far-right former president, who was convicted of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

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Brazil’s top court upholds jailing of Bolsonaro after ‘attempt to flee’

Top court panel unanimously rules the former president should remain arrested after admitting he broke his ankle monitor.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro at his residence in Brasilia on September 3. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames ‘hallucinations’ for violating ankle monitor

Supreme Court justice ordered ex-president’s arrest after the monitor violation, following his 27-year sentence for attempting a coup.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro’s arrested amid escape plot fears

Supreme Court Justice orders arrest, confirming Bolsonaro showed intent to ‘break his ankle monitor’ in clear attempt to escape and flee Brazil.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro could be in jail within weeks after coup plot verdict upheld

The former president was convicted in September for attempting to prevent President Lula from taking power after the 2022 polls.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is seen inside his residence in Brasilia, where he has been under house arrest since August. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

US Senate passes bill to end Trump tariffs against Brazil

Five Republicans crossed partisan lines to back the measure, but it is expected to be blocked by their party’s lawmakers in the House.

People walk along the National Mall near the US Capitol building on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Brazil’s Lula asks Trump to scrap tariffs as leaders agree to meet after ‘friendly’ call

Video call boosts prospects for cooperation despite months of tension over tariffs and the case against former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil

US targets wife of Brazilian Supreme Court judge Moraes with sanctions

The US also revoked the visas of six Brazilian judicial officials as sanctions deepen the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

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Brazil

Brazilians protest against bill that could lead to a pardon for Bolsonaro.

The bill would make it harder to launch criminal proceedings against lawmakers. Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup.

Brazilians protest against a proposed Amnesty Bill that would change penalties for those convicted of plotting a coup, set for a vote next week, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer

The ex-president was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital on Wednesday after spending the night there for treatment. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting coup

The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil judge votes to acquit in Bolsonaro coup case, breaking with peers

The five-judge panel still seems likely to convict the ex-president, but the vote by Luiz Fux raises the odds of an appeal if that happens.

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